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[Blare]

Stefan @steur made this great hat available and shipped it from the Netherlands to California. His previous photos are better than anyone I could take.

Barbisio Rat-Gondin homburg (got to love a rat hat!):

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I’m really developing a fondness for nutria felt.

Dang Brent!

 

[Steve1857]

Wow, Brent. What a cool looking Homburg. I love living in Denmark, but I'm seriously thinking of moving to Holland. It seems that's where all the cool vintage hats ended up.

Stefan @steur made this great hat available and shipped it from the Netherlands to California. His previous photos are better than anyone I could take.

Barbisio Rat-Gondin homburg (got to love a rat hat!):

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I’m really developing a fondness for nutria felt.

 

[PanosChris]

Stefan @steur made this great hat available and shipped it from the Netherlands to California. His previous photos are better than anyone I could take.

Barbisio Rat-Gondin homburg (got to love a rat hat!):

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I’m really developing a fondness for nutria felt.

Looks fantastic Brent! Love the shirt and tie too! One can only guess how many rats were needed to make this one

 

[Frunobulax]

Stefan @steur made this great hat available and shipped it from the Netherlands to California. His previous photos are better than anyone I could take.

Barbisio Rat-Gondin homburg (got to love a rat hat!):

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I’m really developing a fondness for nutria felt.

That's a great hat, Brent, and suits you well. Now you can claim membership in the Rat Pack.

 

[steur]

Ooooooooh

Ooooh, indeed. Thanks, Joe.

 

[steur]

Stefan @steur made this great hat available and shipped it from the Netherlands to California. His previous photos are better than anyone I could take.

Barbisio Rat-Gondin homburg (got to love a rat hat!):

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I’m really developing a fondness for nutria felt.

The generous proportions of the hat suit you, Brent. I'm leaning more towards these special felts myself as well.

 

[steur]

Wow, Brent. What a cool looking Homburg. I love living in Denmark, but I'm seriously thinking of moving to Holland. It seems that's where all the cool vintage hats ended up.

It was actually residing in old Blighty, Steve. A really well travelled rat: from Italy to England, to Holland and finally to the US!

 

[Steve1857]

That may well be, Stefan. But it ended up in Holland for further shipment

It was actually residing in old Blighty, Steve. A really well travelled rat: from Italy to England, to Holland and finally to the US!

 

[Daniele Tanto]

Mossant Castor (beaver) made for Gérard Sools in the colour Cubba. There was a typo on the lable, so it could well be the colour was intended to be "cuba". Size 56 with the raw edge brim at 7cm and the crown at 11cm at the center dent. Weighs 122 grams. Hard to say when this one was made, but I'm going with forties at the latest, because post-war Mossant was very much in decline and ceased to produce felt hats in 1953 (according to one source) and concentrated on making sportwear and caps. They closed down in 1978 (sources differ on the year though).
The French seller was a pain to work with and wouldn't budge on the price, but I'm glad I stuck with it, because the hat is marvelous and in NOS condition.

P&C Habig Special Qualität fedora in black. Size 56 with the bound brim at 6,5cm and the crown at 10,5cm at the center dent. Not a lightweight hat by any standard at 138 grams, but some really nice felt with a smooth hand. Usually the Habig hats are "export qualität" instead of "special qualität", but I couldn't tell you what the difference was.
Sold by the Society Shop, a menswear seller still in existence today. The label tells us the hat is from 1959.

Che fortuna avere una taglia piccola

 

[Blare]

Stetson Stratoliner Vita Felt - Light Powder Blue

Stetson Stratoliner Vita Felt - Light Powder Blue
4 3/4 unlined crown as shaped
3/8 light bluish white grosgrain ribbon
2 5/8 brim with 1/8 matching binding
86 grams

“All things come to those who wait” This one took some patience but it has now arrived and it is spectacular. An early Stetson Stratoliner in light powder blue Vita Felt. A wonderfully light weight unlined hat checking in at 86 grams. The thin felt presents a sleek sharp crease. It includes the super cool embroidered Stratoliner tip patch and beautiful blue rear sweat seam bow. This was the hat I was bidding on when I fell and nearly crashed through my sliding glass door a few weeks back. An ideal combination of weight, color, styling and shape that should definitely have this be a daily wear kinda hat for me but will also have me battling the urge to want to “save” this one for special occasions.

A HUGE thank you to @BobHufford for the tip off on this one.

 

[Blare]

Stetson Stratoliner Vita Felt - Light Powder Blue

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Stetson Stratoliner Vita Felt - Light Powder Blue
4 3/4 unlined crown as shaped
3/8 light bluish white grosgrain ribbon
2 5/8 brim with 1/8 matching binding
86 grams

“All things come to those who wait” This one took some patience but it has now arrived and it is spectacular. An early Stetson Stratoliner in light powder blue Vita Felt. A wonderfully light weight unlined hat checking in at 86 grams. The thin felt presents a sleek sharp crease. It includes the super cool embroidered Stratoliner tip patch and beautiful blue rear sweat seam bow. This was the hat I was bidding on when I fell and nearly crashed through my sliding glass door a few weeks back. An ideal combination of weight, color, styling and shape that should definitely have this be a daily wear kinda hat for me but will also have me battling the urge to want to “save” this one for special occasions.

A HUGE thank you to @BobHufford for the tip off on this one.

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The felt color is a very light powder or pale sky blue... my phone camera wanted to photograph it a much richer blue tone that I tried to color correct as best I could. But I thought I would include the original ones just for fun.

 

[steur]

Stetson Stratoliner Vita Felt - Light Powder Blue

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Stetson Stratoliner Vita Felt - Light Powder Blue
4 3/4 unlined crown as shaped
3/8 light bluish white grosgrain ribbon
2 5/8 brim with 1/8 matching binding
86 grams

“All things come to those who wait” This one took some patience but it has now arrived and it is spectacular. An early Stetson Stratoliner in light powder blue Vita Felt. A wonderfully light weight unlined hat checking in at 86 grams. The thin felt presents a sleek sharp crease. It includes the super cool embroidered Stratoliner tip patch and beautiful blue rear sweat seam bow. This was the hat I was bidding on when I fell and nearly crashed through my sliding glass door a few weeks back. An ideal combination of weight, color, styling and shape that should definitely have this be a daily wear kinda hat for me but will also have me battling the urge to want to “save” this one for special occasions.

A HUGE thank you to @BobHufford for the tip off on this one.

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Fantastic, Joe, Worth breaking a rib or two for

 

[steur]

Che fortuna avere una taglia piccola

A mixed blessing: you have to buy all those hats

 

[Blare]

Fantastic, Joe, Worth breaking a rib or two for

For sure...maybe a wrist even.

 

[Desert dog]

Stetson Stratoliner Vita Felt - Light Powder Blue

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Stetson Stratoliner Vita Felt - Light Powder Blue
4 3/4 unlined crown as shaped
3/8 light bluish white grosgrain ribbon
2 5/8 brim with 1/8 matching binding
86 grams

“All things come to those who wait” This one took some patience but it has now arrived and it is spectacular. An early Stetson Stratoliner in light powder blue Vita Felt. A wonderfully light weight unlined hat checking in at 86 grams. The thin felt presents a sleek sharp crease. It includes the super cool embroidered Stratoliner tip patch and beautiful blue rear sweat seam bow. This was the hat I was bidding on when I fell and nearly crashed through my sliding glass door a few weeks back. An ideal combination of weight, color, styling and shape that should definitely have this be a daily wear kinda hat for me but will also have me battling the urge to want to “save” this one for special occasions.

A HUGE thank you to @BobHufford for the tip off on this one.

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Fantastic score! Congratulations on that one!

 

[Blare]

Fantastic score! Congratulations on that one!

Thank you so much DD!

 

[BobHufford]

Vita-Felt too! Congrats @Blare !

 

[Blare]

Vita-Felt too! Congrats @Blare !

Thanks Bob! Couldn’t have done it without ya!

 

[Frunobulax]

Stetson Stratoliner Vita Felt - Light Powder Blue

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Stetson Stratoliner Vita Felt - Light Powder Blue
4 3/4 unlined crown as shaped
3/8 light bluish white grosgrain ribbon
2 5/8 brim with 1/8 matching binding
86 grams

“All things come to those who wait” This one took some patience but it has now arrived and it is spectacular. An early Stetson Stratoliner in light powder blue Vita Felt. A wonderfully light weight unlined hat checking in at 86 grams. The thin felt presents a sleek sharp crease. It includes the super cool embroidered Stratoliner tip patch and beautiful blue rear sweat seam bow. This was the hat I was bidding on when I fell and nearly crashed through my sliding glass door a few weeks back. An ideal combination of weight, color, styling and shape that should definitely have this be a daily wear kinda hat for me but will also have me battling the urge to want to “save” this one for special occasions.

A HUGE thank you to @BobHufford for the tip off on this one.

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Impressive, Joe. That's a four-bagger.

 

[Blare]

Impressive, Joe. That's a four-bagger.

Thanks Jim!